Keyword
scarcity
Info
FrequencyTop 1700-1800
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 3
Heisig1300
Readings
ぼう
(51%)
とぼ
(24%)
とも
(24%)
Composed of
slash left
archaic の (manly)
Used in kanji (2 in total)
degrade
to drift
Used in vocabulary (58 in total)
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent
Examples (72 in total)
I'm not as poor as you think.
I was very poor in those days.
I'm just a poor student.
That is because all his friends were poor, too.
It is true that he is poor, but he is contented.
Ajay is poor.
He remained poor despite being a hard worker.
People see things differently according as they are rich or poor.
He's been poor all his life.
If you see his house, you'll know that he is poor.
He is rich, but his older brother is poor.
He was very poor.
He is far from poor, in fact he has a lot of money.
He works as hard as ever, but he remains poor.
He is as poor as ever.
He looks as poor as ever.
He is poor, to be sure, but he is happy.
He is poor, but honest.
He remained a poor man.
He passed the test in the face of poverty.
He is rich and I am poor.
He is said to be very poor.
They were so poor that they had little money to buy food with.
She knows poverty only in the abstract.
She isn't poor.
She gave some food to the poor family.
She is rich but he is poor.
The war made the country poor.
We were poor, but we were happy.
I'm poor.
I was poor.
I'm not ashamed that I am poor.
If I weren't poor, I'd buy that car.
Poverty prevented him from attending school.
He is not ashamed of his father being poor.
He is ashamed of his father being poor.
Don't be ashamed of being poor.
Don't despise others because they are poor.
George is poor, but he's always happy.
Even though she's rich, she says she's poor.
When Mary was a child, her family was very poor.
Idleness often accounts for poverty.
He was terribly poor when he was young.
It seems that he was poor in his youth.
I would rather be poor than make money by dishonest means.
We must provide food and clothes for the poor.
He is poor, but he never complains.
My memory is weak, but there are things I can never forget.
Tom was poor his whole life.
Japan is lacking in raw materials.
The rich are apt to look down upon the poor.
We insisted on rich and poor being treated alike.
The rich and the poor are afraid of death.
The rich sometimes look down on the poor.
He is poor, but he doesn't care about money.
Oil is scarce in this country.
I gave the poor boy what little money I had with me.
There's a water shortage in this area.
The war ushered in a period of shortages and deprivation.
He is poor but is too proud to ask for help.
Poverty is the root of all evil.
He has been poor all his life.
He remained poor all his life.
Poverty is, in a sense, a blessing.
How did he make his living in such poverty?
People look at things differently depending on whether they are rich or poor.
Stop fidgeting and sit quietly.
His knowledge of geography is poor.
He was born poor, but died a millionaire.
This country is poor in natural resources.
The regions with the fewest natural resources rely on importation to increase their standard of living.
Japan is poor in natural resources.